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Hispanic population leads growth in some Oklahoma counties

Nearly half of Oklahoma's 77 counties now have at least 10 percent of their prekindergartners coming from Hispanic backgrounds, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

 
BY CURTIS KILLMAN - Tulsa World | Published: July 19, 2010    Comment on this article Leave a comment

TULSA — Nearly half of Oklahoma's 77 counties now have at least 10 percent of their prekindergartners coming from Hispanic backgrounds, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

photo - Four-year-olds (from left) Jamie Gaytan, DeJuan Craven, Ariana Avelar- Sanchez and Nadalie Wolfe dance at Reed Early Childhood Education Center, 10940 E. Fifth St., on Friday. TOM GILBERT/ Tulsa World
Four-year-olds (from left) Jamie Gaytan, DeJuan Craven, Ariana Avelar- Sanchez and Nadalie Wolfe dance at Reed Early Childhood Education Center, 10940 E. Fifth St., on Friday. TOM GILBERT/ Tulsa World

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The number of counties meeting or exceeding the 10 percent threshold grew from 23 to 37 in the past decade, Census Bureau figures show.

In Oklahoma County, the estimated 14,949 Hispanic prekindergartners represent 25 percent of the prekindergarten population, the figures show. About a fifth of all births in Oklahoma and Tulsa counties are to Hispanic women.

The number of Hispanic prekindergartners in Tulsa County has more than doubled since 2000 with the ethnicity now comprising one of every five children in that age group, according to the estimates.

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Related Topics: Science and Technology, Education, Elementary and High School Education, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Preschool Education, Demography, Government and Politics, U.S. Census



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